Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-08
WAR ON THE HAULCLAUSE
RAILROADERS THINK THE
WHOLE MEASURE DOOMED.


PHILADELPHIA, April THE general
opinion among railroad officials in this city
is that the action OF the Interstate Com
merce Commission in the long and short
haul question conc erning Southern rail-
roads will crush the entire measure.
They argue that this Is the most vital
feature of the entire act, and that the
stand taken by the commission, even
though it be OF temporary nature,
is the entering wedge that will
split the whole log. "There is not
railroad of any consequence in the
entire country" said a prominent
railroad executive officer to-day, "that
will not make the same claim as that
contended tor by the Southern lines, and
the Justice of their claim cannot fail to
be recognized. Here, in almost the first
act of the commission, they array against
them every railroad tnat has directly or
remotely a water route as a competitor,
and further than this they have taken
such position as will unsettle the COM
mercial affairs of the country for three
months or MORE"
ADDITIONAL CITIES INCLUDED.
WASHINGTON, April THE Interstate
Commerce Commission upon second
petition of the Southern Railway and
Steamship Association, setting forth that
certain competitive points had been in
adVertently omitted In their first petition,
have to-day ordered that the following
points, to wit: Petersburg,
Richmond and West Point,
Va, Raleigh, Charlotte and Fayetteville,
N. c., Jacksonville, Fla, Florence, s. g.,
TarboTo, GOldsDoro and New Haven, n.
c., Knoxville, Tenn, Columbus, Miss,
Williamson, n. c.. Charlottesville, Va,
and Georgetown, $. c., be inserted in the
order promulgated yesterday as points
from and to which lower rates may be
charged than from and to local and inter-
mediate points.
THE SCALPERS KNOCKED OUT.
CHICAGO, April 7.-Nowhere else in
Chicago mas the interstate railroad law
caused so much CONSERVATION as on Clark
street. There are located nearly all of
the leading ticket brokers. "We are
knocked outcompletely," said one scalper
to-day. ''All we can do is to sell out what
we have on hand and 20 out of the busi-
ness. The penalties of the new law are
so great that we would be unable to get
any tickets without stealing them"
Another leading broker said: 1--WE
have no Boston or New York tickets on
DADu. luOsS We nave are pTlnClpaIIy lot
Western points and will soon be gone.
think few legitimate brokers, such as
belong to the Guarantee Association, will
try to hold their place with the hope that
the next Congress Will modify the BILL"
CAPE HORN AND THE SUEZ CANAL.
The following correspondence fully ex-
plains itself:
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4, 1887.
r. Judge Z. N. 0oleV, OhdfTnan:
The question is before us in competition
with the Suez canal route for business with
China and japan whether we can make COM
peting prices through to Atlantic ports at less
rates than local rates charged, say from San
Francisco TO New York. the line from China
ana Japan being continuous one in connec-
tion with the Central Pacific and Union Pacific
railways. The question is also before US of
making in competition with Cape Horn and
the Isthmus OF Panama, railroad rate that
permits shipments between San
rates. in order to meet COM
petition, being necessarily lower for a
longer distance than those charged for a
shorter, and far below what would be q rea-
sonable rate for the service performed. We
construe the fourth section OF the interstate
commerce act pr actlcally to be in substance
the application to Interstate commerce of the
common law principle that shipper avail
himself of competition, ana that less rate
may be charged for longer than q shorter
distance, providing more could not be OBJ
salned. IL Jllo rlSDI OIL competition Is fecOg-
nized as between carrier and shipper, our
carrying business VIII not be interrupted, but
otherwise we shall be unable to compete for
Chinese and Japanese trade with the Suez
canal, and also unable TO compete with the
water routes by Panama and Cape Horn for
business ori ig oatIDg IN California. We await
your construction. LELAND STANFORD,
President southern Pacific Railroad.
JUDGE CooLEY's REPLY.
WAsHINGToN, ID. c., April 5, 1887
To Leland lStanf9rd. s m francjsco:
Applications to the commission for special
exceptions under the interstate commerce
law can only be granted after an investiga-
tion into the facts. A verified petition. setting
form the grounds OF application. should be
presented. L. Nj. COOLEY, Chm'n.
IMMEDIATE ACTION DEMANDED.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 8, 1887,
To Jul0e T. n. Ca,fe% CAm''n, HdsAiagton,
We do not ask for ruling upon special
case but the construction OF section 4. as all
business between the Pacific and Atlantic
ports is governed by competition. Business
from the ports of China and Japan across the
continent 10 the Atlantic ports is governed
by competition, ana agents in China and
Japan. to obtain business, make rates to meet
the competition OF Suez. One of the Oriental
and Occidental Company's ships win arrive
in Il few days with cargo mostly for points
east of the Rocky Mountains. If
the rates established by other companies are
maintained the contracts made for hipment
cannot DE CHrflCu out. All LnFOugn business
OF overland lines is involved, and we cannot
accept and dispatch freight except upon q
general ruling applicable to all business The
question arises upon every ton of freight Of
Tered for shipment, and practically we find
ourselves unable to do through business. You
will see, therefore. that n special ruling or
exception Will not meet the case, as it arises
upon every ton Of freight offered.
LELAND STANFORD.
COOLEY ENJOYABLE.
WASHINGTON, April Z, 1887,
tn LeLdRd SGnIG, 4, San FydRciSco.
The commission were under no misapDre-
henson regarding the facts, but they still
hold that IL rather than take the RESPONSE
bility of your own construction YOU call for
authoritative action, the case must be for
mally presented by petition and then investl-
gated by them, Il, M. COOLEY, Chm.
ANOTHER SUSPENSION.
The Detroit, Grand Haven and Mil
waukee Railway Company, having made
application TO the commission for q sus-
pension OF the operation OF section OF
the interstate commerce law, so far as il
would apply TO traffic taken across Lake
Michigan to Grand Haven and destined
to points east OF the Detroit and st. Clair
rivers, and having assigned as "A reason
for such suspension that said railway
company owns and operates "A line OF
boats on Lake Michigan and has been
doing 80 for many years past, and by
common consent Of its competitors has
been allowed TO charge less rate
from Milwaukee by way OF Grand
Haven on the traffic above